Advance ruling procedure: Authority may admit or reject applications after hearing and must issue rulings in writing. On receipt the Authority forwards the application to the concerned officer and may call for records. After examining application and records and after affording hearing to the applicant and concerned officer, the Authority may admit or reject the application, specifying reasons for any rejection, and must send copies of such orders to both parties. If admitted, the Authority examines further material, hears both parties and pronounces a written advance ruling; divergent member views must be referred to the Appellate Authority. The Authority must issue the written ruling within the statutory period and circulate the signed, certified ruling to the applicant, concerned officer and jurisdictional officer.